Etymology
Origin of eyewink
Example Sentences
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Minds dormant for decades must now adjust to sentience, and to the world that has grown 30 years older in an eyewink.
From Time Magazine Archive
Frosted glass windows prevented so much as an eyewink to the outside world.
From Time Magazine Archive
On coming into the room where Min and I were regarding Dicky Chip’s performances with loving eyes, and I completely “translated” by various combinating influences, Mrs Clyde appeared to take in the situation in an instant—“an eyewink,” as a minute portion of time is happily rendered in the Teutonic tongue.
From Project Gutenberg
At which the unfortunate Rack came within an eyewink of fainting.
From Project Gutenberg
In an eyewink that poet was up, grabs the ball, and comes tearin' back toward us.
From Project Gutenberg
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